Illumination from a manuscript of St Aelred’s Life of Edward the Confessor Showing St Aelred in monastic habit kneeling before King Henry II To hear the Audio please click on the link below: https://soundcloud.com/user-140188366/evensong-upon-the-feast-of-st-aelred-of-rievaulx Opening Anthem: Memento mei Paweł Łukaszewski (born 1968), Mark Dwyer, conductor Memento mei, Domine, dum veneris in regnum tuum. […]
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Since February 2017 the Society has been continuing to expand its work undertaking:
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- What is Classical Anglicanism?
- publication of a complete new volume of Catechesis to teach the faith in Parishes entitled I am His which is available at
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- Support for a new International version of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer edited by Professor Samuel Bray and Drew Nathanial Keane;
- support for mission work in Africa leading to a new edition of the classic Kiswhahili Prayer Book;
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- have offered a growing body of online liturgical resources, reflections and sound files of Choral Evensong and
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Reflection for the Season of Epiphany (with particular reference to Giotto’s Scrovegni Frescoes)
To hear the audio please use this link: https://soundcloud.com/user-140188366/epiphanytide-reflection-with-music Organ voluntary: Toccata del secondo tono, (Anon.), played by Alessandro Bianchi, on the organ of the Basilica di S. Paolo Cantù, Como.. Anthem: For unto us a child is born, (The Messiah), Handel Reflection, part 1, Canon Alistair Macdonald-Radcliff The Shepherd’s Carol, Robert […]
“A Prize Charlie” – A. N. Wilson on the Archbishop of Canterbury
The Crisis in the Episcopate “I do not suppose there is a single person in the country who finds Justin Welby an inspiring figure. Whether we think of his egotistical gesture of celebrating the Easter liturgy from the kitchen of a dismal flat in Lambeth Palace, or his recent suggestion that centuries-old church monuments, many […]
Reflection On The Last Great O Antiphon Of Advent, with Choral Music for Christmas Eve
Above: Mary Greets Elizabeth after the Annunciation, Fresco attributed to Isidoro Bianchi, Il Santuario di Santa Maria de Ghirli, Campione D’Italia To hear the Audio please click on the link below https://soundcloud.com/user-140188366/reflection-on-the-last-great-o-antiphon-of-advent-choral-music-for-christmas-eve Organ Voluntary: Cathedral Suite – Sarabande Played by Alessandro Bianchi The Organist and Director of Music at the Church of […]
Of Alcuin and Antiphons…..
Raban Maur (left), supported by Alcuin (middle), dedicates his work to Archbishop Otgar of Mainz (Right) From the 9th Century Fulda – Manuscript: Wien, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, cod.652, fol. 2v A reflection with Advent Choral Music including two settings of the O Antiphon: O Sapientia Organ Voluntary: Prelude on Rhosymedre — Ralph Vaughan Williams […]
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